black belt journal

Beyond the Mat Lesson One* You have to want it and you have to work hard for it. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 10 years thinking about desire and intent. As the youngest of three siblings with a go-with-the-flow attitude towards life, I ultimately discovered that I would need significantly more passion to achieve the things that I wanted than I had in most cases. Without that burning desire, you can’t help but wonder — is this something that I really want? A few years ago, I thought I wanted to run a marathon. But even though I successfully completed a…Read more →